todo-archive
Archive checked `.ai/TODO.md` tasks into `.ai/todos/YYYY-MM/DD.md`, leaving unchecked tasks.
Install
npx skills add https://github.com/PaulRBerg/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/todo-archive
claude plugin marketplace add https://llmmart.ai/marketplace.json && claude plugin install paulrberg-agent-skills@llmmart
git clone https://github.com/PaulRBerg/agent-skills.git
The skills CLI installs just this skill, for any of its supported agents. Claude Code installs the whole paulrberg/agent-skills collection as a plugin from our marketplace. Git is the plain clone.
Skill manifest
TODO Archive
If these instructions are already present in the conversation from a slash or dollar invocation, follow them directly; do not invoke this skill again through a skill tool.
Arguments
path(optional): Repository root or any path inside the repository. Default to the current directory.--hint TEXT(optional): Archive only the section whose heading containsTEXT(case-insensitive substring), including its subsections. Without it, archive checked tasks from the whole file. Checked tasks outside the matched section stay in.ai/TODO.md.--date YYYY-MM-DD|YYYY_MM_DD(optional): Archive date. Default to today's local date.--dry-run(optional): Preview target paths and rendered content without writing.
Workflow
Resolve the supplied
path, or the current directory when omitted. For an existing file, use its containing directory; for a directory, use that directory. Store the absolute directory asstart_dir, then resolve its Git root:git -C "$start_dir" rev-parse --show-toplevelStore the result as
repo_root. Whenstart_diris outside a Git repository, use it asrepo_root. Stop on a missing input path or another resolution error.Verify
.ai/TODO.mdexists under the root. If it is missing, stop and report the path checked.Resolve the skill directory and run its helper:
uv run python "<skill-dir>/scripts/archive_todo.py" --root "$repo_root"Pass through
--hint,--date, or--dry-runwhen the user requested them.Report the rewritten
.ai/TODO.md, the created or merged archive path, the matched section (when--hintwas given), and the archived/remaining task counts. If an archive for the date already exists, the helper appends the new batch to it, retaining one matching top-level heading. If the helper reports no checked tasks, treat it as a no-op. If--hintmatches no heading, the helper exits non-zero and lists the available sections; relay them.If useful, inspect only
<repo_root>/.ai/TODO.mdand the exact archive path returned by the helper. Verify their contents directly; when Git ignores them, compare filesystem snapshots rather than relying ongit diff.
Helper Behavior
scripts/archive_todo.py reads only <root>/.ai/TODO.md, writes archived tasks to <root>/.ai/todos/YYYY-MM/DD.md,
and rewrites <root>/.ai/TODO.md with the remaining tasks. It preserves task-free sections and prose verbatim (a
minimal stub with the source's first heading, or # TODO, only if everything was archived). With --hint, it restricts
archiving to the matched heading's subtree and exits non-zero listing available headings when nothing matches. A
same-day re-run appends its batch to that day's file, removing the new leading H1 only when it exactly matches the
existing archive's leading H1.
Completion
Completion evidence is the helper's archive path plus archived and remaining task counts; a no-checked-task result is a
successful no-op. Dry-run completion requires rendered paths/content with no filesystem changes, but the final message
still follows the one-line formats below. Report the result as a single line (append a (scope: "<hint>") segment only
when --hint was given), with the archive path relative to the repository root:
- Success:
📦 Archived <n> → <archive path> (created|merged) · <remaining> remaining - No-op:
✅ Nothing to archive · <remaining> remaining - Dry run:
🔎 Would archive <n> → <archive path> (would create|would merge) · <remaining> would remain
Do not repeat full dry-run document content in the final message or add decoration to TODO/archive files, paths, commands, or helper diagnostics.
Files (agent-skills)
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agents
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openai.yaml 43 B
policy: allow_implicit_invocation: false
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scripts
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archive_todo.py 12 KB
#!/usr/bin/env python3 from __future__ import annotations import argparse import datetime as dt import pathlib import re import subprocess import sys from dataclasses import dataclass, field from typing import Iterable, Optional TASK_RE = re.compile(r"^(\s*)([-*+])\s+\[([ xX])\]\s+(.*?)(\r?\n)?$") HEADING_RE = re.compile(r"^(#{1,6})\s+\S.*$") BLANK_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*$") @dataclass class Node: kind: str line: str = "" level: int = 0 indent: int = -1 checked: Optional[bool] = None archive: Optional[bool] = None marker: str = "-" text: str = "" children: list["Node"] = field(default_factory=list) def main() -> int: parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description="Archive checked Markdown tasks from .ai/TODO.md into .ai/todos/." ) parser.add_argument("--root", default=None, help="repository root; defaults to git root or cwd") parser.add_argument("--date", default=None, help="YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY_MM_DD; defaults to today") parser.add_argument("--dry-run", action="store_true", help="print rendered outputs without writing") parser.add_argument( "--hint", default=None, help="archive only the section whose heading contains this text (case-insensitive)", ) args = parser.parse_args() root = resolve_root(args.root) todo_path = root / ".ai" / "TODO.md" if not todo_path.exists(): print(f"TODO.md not found: {todo_path}", file=sys.stderr) return 1 archive_date = normalize_date(args.date) archive_path = root / ".ai" / "todos" / archive_date[:7] / f"{archive_date[-2:]}.md" source = todo_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8") tree = parse_document(source.splitlines(keepends=True)) matched = collect_matching_headings(tree, args.hint) if args.hint is not None and not matched: print(f"No heading matched hint {args.hint!r} in {todo_path}", file=sys.stderr) headings = [heading_text(node) for node in iter_headings(tree)] if headings: print("Available sections:", file=sys.stderr) for heading in headings: print(f" - {heading}", file=sys.stderr) return 1 mark_tasks(tree, args.hint, in_section=args.hint is None) archive_count = count_tasks(tree, True) remaining_count = count_tasks(tree, False) if archive_count == 0: scope = f" in section matching {args.hint!r}" if args.hint else "" print(f"No checked tasks found{scope} in {todo_path}; no archive written.") print(f"Tasks remaining: {remaining_count}") return 0 new_archive_text = finalize(render(tree, True), fallback_heading="# TODO\n") existing_archive_text = archive_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8") if archive_path.exists() else None archive_text = ( merge_archive_text(existing_archive_text, new_archive_text) if existing_archive_text is not None else new_archive_text ) remaining_text = finalize(render(tree, False), fallback_heading=first_heading(source) or "# TODO\n") if args.dry_run: print(f"TODO: {todo_path}") print(f"ARCHIVE: {archive_path}") if matched: print(f"Section(s): {', '.join(matched)}") if existing_archive_text is not None: print(f"NOTE: {archive_path.name} exists; this batch will be merged into it.") print(f"Checked tasks to archive: {archive_count}") print(f"Tasks remaining: {remaining_count}") print("\n--- .ai/TODO.md ---") print(remaining_text, end="") print("\n--- archive ---") print(archive_text, end="") return 0 archive_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) archive_path.write_text(archive_text, encoding="utf-8") todo_path.write_text(remaining_text, encoding="utf-8") print(f"Archived checked tasks: {archive_count}") if matched: print(f"Section(s): {', '.join(matched)}") print(f"Tasks remaining: {remaining_count}") print(f"Rewrote: {todo_path}") if existing_archive_text is not None: print(f"Merged: {archive_path}") else: print(f"Created: {archive_path}") return 0 def resolve_root(root_arg: Optional[str]) -> pathlib.Path: if root_arg: return pathlib.Path(root_arg).expanduser().resolve() try: result = subprocess.run( ["git", "rev-parse", "--show-toplevel"], check=True, capture_output=True, text=True, ) except (OSError, subprocess.CalledProcessError): return pathlib.Path.cwd().resolve() return pathlib.Path(result.stdout.strip()).resolve() def normalize_date(value: Optional[str]) -> str: if value is None: return dt.date.today().isoformat() normalized = value.replace("_", "-") try: dt.date.fromisoformat(normalized) except ValueError: raise SystemExit("--date must be YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY_MM_DD") return normalized def merge_archive_text(existing_text: str, new_text: str) -> str: """Append a newly archived batch, omitting an identical leading H1. Daily archives normally begin with the same top-level heading as the source TODO. Keeping it once makes repeated same-day archives read as one document. Other content is intentionally left untouched and batches remain ordered by archive time. """ existing_heading = leading_h1(existing_text) new_heading = leading_h1(new_text) if existing_heading is not None and new_heading is not None: existing_line, _ = existing_heading new_line, new_end = new_heading if existing_line == new_line: new_text = new_text[new_end:].lstrip("\r\n") return existing_text.rstrip("\r\n") + "\n\n" + new_text.lstrip("\r\n") def leading_h1(text: str) -> Optional[tuple[str, int]]: """Return the first non-blank H1 line and its end offset, if present.""" offset = 0 for line in text.splitlines(keepends=True): end = offset + len(line) if BLANK_RE.match(line): offset = end continue if re.match(r"^#\s+\S.*(?:\r?\n)?$", line): return line.rstrip("\r\n"), end return None return None def parse_document(lines: Iterable[str]) -> Node: root = Node("root") stack: list[Node] = [root] for line in lines: heading_match = HEADING_RE.match(line) if heading_match: level = len(heading_match.group(1)) while len(stack) > 1 and ( stack[-1].kind == "task" or (stack[-1].kind == "heading" and stack[-1].level >= level) ): stack.pop() node = Node("heading", line=line, level=level) stack[-1].children.append(node) stack.append(node) continue task_match = TASK_RE.match(line) if task_match: indent_text, marker, box, text, _newline = task_match.groups() indent = len(indent_text.expandtabs(4)) while stack[-1].kind == "task" and stack[-1].indent >= indent: stack.pop() node = Node( "task", line=line, indent=indent, checked=box.lower() == "x", marker=marker, text=text, ) stack[-1].children.append(node) stack.append(node) continue if stack[-1].kind == "task" and not is_task_continuation(line, stack[-1].indent): while stack[-1].kind == "task": stack.pop() stack[-1].children.append(Node("raw", line=line)) return root def is_task_continuation(line: str, task_indent: int) -> bool: if BLANK_RE.match(line): return True return leading_spaces(line) > task_indent def leading_spaces(line: str) -> int: return len(line.expandtabs(4)) - len(line.expandtabs(4).lstrip(" ")) def heading_text(node: Node) -> str: return re.sub(r"^#{1,6}\s+", "", node.line).strip() def iter_headings(node: Node) -> Iterable[Node]: for child in node.children: if child.kind == "heading": yield child yield from iter_headings(child) def heading_matches(node: Node, hint: str) -> bool: return hint.lower() in heading_text(node).lower() def collect_matching_headings(node: Node, hint: Optional[str]) -> list[str]: if hint is None: return [] return [heading_text(h) for h in iter_headings(node) if heading_matches(h, hint)] def mark_tasks(node: Node, hint: Optional[str], in_section: bool) -> None: """Mark every task with whether it belongs in the archive output. A task is archived when it is checked and within scope. Scope is the whole document when no hint is given, or the subtree of any heading matching the hint otherwise. Once inside a matched section, all descendants stay in scope. """ if node.kind == "task": node.archive = bool(node.checked) and in_section child_in_section = in_section if node.kind == "heading" and hint is not None and heading_matches(node, hint): child_in_section = True for child in node.children: mark_tasks(child, hint, child_in_section) def count_tasks(node: Node, archive: bool) -> int: total = 1 if node.kind == "task" and node.archive is archive else 0 return total + sum(count_tasks(child, archive) for child in node.children) def has_task(node: Node, archive: bool) -> bool: return count_tasks(node, archive) > 0 def render(node: Node, archive: bool) -> str: if node.kind == "root": if not archive: return "".join(render(child, archive) for child in node.children) return "".join(render(child, archive) for child in node.children if has_task(child, archive)) if node.kind == "heading": if not archive: children = "".join( render_child(child, archive, parent_is_rendered=True) for child in node.children ) return node.line + children if children.strip() else "" if not has_task(node, archive): return "" return node.line + "".join(render_child(child, archive, parent_is_rendered=True) for child in node.children) if node.kind == "task": if not has_task(node, archive): return "" if node.archive is archive: first_line = node.line else: first_line = context_line(node) return first_line + "".join(render_child(child, archive, parent_is_rendered=True) for child in node.children) if node.kind == "raw": return node.line raise AssertionError(f"unknown node kind: {node.kind}") def render_child(node: Node, archive: bool, parent_is_rendered: bool) -> str: if node.kind == "raw": return node.line if parent_is_rendered else "" return render(node, archive) def context_line(node: Node) -> str: newline = "\n" if node.line.endswith("\n") else "" return f"{' ' * node.indent}{node.marker} {node.text}{newline}" def finalize(text: str, fallback_heading: str) -> str: lines = text.splitlines(keepends=True) while lines and BLANK_RE.match(lines[0]): lines.pop(0) while lines and BLANK_RE.match(lines[-1]): lines.pop() cleaned: list[str] = [] blank_count = 0 for line in lines: if BLANK_RE.match(line): blank_count += 1 if blank_count <= 2: cleaned.append(line) else: blank_count = 0 cleaned.append(line) spaced: list[str] = [] for line in cleaned: if HEADING_RE.match(line) and spaced and not BLANK_RE.match(spaced[-1]): spaced.append("\n") spaced.append(line) text = "".join(spaced) if not text.strip(): text = fallback_heading if not text.endswith("\n"): text += "\n" return text def first_heading(source: str) -> Optional[str]: for line in source.splitlines(keepends=True): if HEADING_RE.match(line): return line if line.endswith("\n") else line + "\n" return None if __name__ == "__main__": raise SystemExit(main())
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SKILL.md 3.9 KB
--- argument-hint: "[path] [--hint TEXT] [--date YYYY-MM-DD|YYYY_MM_DD] [--dry-run]" disable-model-invocation: true effort: low model: sonnet name: todo-archive description: Archive checked `.ai/TODO.md` tasks into `.ai/todos/YYYY-MM/DD.md`, leaving unchecked tasks. --- # TODO Archive If these instructions are already present in the conversation from a slash or dollar invocation, follow them directly; do not invoke this skill again through a skill tool. ## Arguments - `path` (optional): Repository root or any path inside the repository. Default to the current directory. - `--hint TEXT` (optional): Archive only the section whose heading contains `TEXT` (case-insensitive substring), including its subsections. Without it, archive checked tasks from the whole file. Checked tasks outside the matched section stay in `.ai/TODO.md`. - `--date YYYY-MM-DD|YYYY_MM_DD` (optional): Archive date. Default to today's local date. - `--dry-run` (optional): Preview target paths and rendered content without writing. ## Workflow 1. Resolve the supplied `path`, or the current directory when omitted. For an existing file, use its containing directory; for a directory, use that directory. Store the absolute directory as `start_dir`, then resolve its Git root: ```sh git -C "$start_dir" rev-parse --show-toplevel ``` Store the result as `repo_root`. When `start_dir` is outside a Git repository, use it as `repo_root`. Stop on a missing input path or another resolution error. 2. Verify `.ai/TODO.md` exists under the root. If it is missing, stop and report the path checked. 3. Resolve the skill directory and run its helper: ```sh uv run python "<skill-dir>/scripts/archive_todo.py" --root "$repo_root" ``` Pass through `--hint`, `--date`, or `--dry-run` when the user requested them. 4. Report the rewritten `.ai/TODO.md`, the created or merged archive path, the matched section (when `--hint` was given), and the archived/remaining task counts. If an archive for the date already exists, the helper appends the new batch to it, retaining one matching top-level heading. If the helper reports no checked tasks, treat it as a no-op. If `--hint` matches no heading, the helper exits non-zero and lists the available sections; relay them. 5. If useful, inspect only `<repo_root>/.ai/TODO.md` and the exact archive path returned by the helper. Verify their contents directly; when Git ignores them, compare filesystem snapshots rather than relying on `git diff`. ## Helper Behavior `scripts/archive_todo.py` reads only `<root>/.ai/TODO.md`, writes archived tasks to `<root>/.ai/todos/YYYY-MM/DD.md`, and rewrites `<root>/.ai/TODO.md` with the remaining tasks. It preserves task-free sections and prose verbatim (a minimal stub with the source's first heading, or `# TODO`, only if everything was archived). With `--hint`, it restricts archiving to the matched heading's subtree and exits non-zero listing available headings when nothing matches. A same-day re-run appends its batch to that day's file, removing the new leading H1 only when it exactly matches the existing archive's leading H1. ## Completion Completion evidence is the helper's archive path plus archived and remaining task counts; a no-checked-task result is a successful no-op. Dry-run completion requires rendered paths/content with no filesystem changes, but the final message still follows the one-line formats below. Report the result as a single line (append a `(scope: "<hint>")` segment only when `--hint` was given), with the archive path relative to the repository root: - Success: `📦 Archived <n> → <archive path> (created|merged) · <remaining> remaining` - No-op: `✅ Nothing to archive · <remaining> remaining` - Dry run: `🔎 Would archive <n> → <archive path> (would create|would merge) · <remaining> would remain` Do not repeat full dry-run document content in the final message or add decoration to TODO/archive files, paths, commands, or helper diagnostics.
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